Lev Parnas was a Ukrainian American businessman who worked closely with Rudy Giuliani in the recent past, and their work had a specific focus: The goal was to dig up dirt on Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Parnas, who ultimately went to prison, later turned on Team Trump and brought damaging allegations to the public about the anti-Biden smear campaign.
It was, after all, just last month when the public learned that Alexander Smirnov — the witness at the heart of the Republican Party’s impeachment crusade against President Biden — was arrested for lying to the FBI about the Bidens and allegedly received information from foreign intelligence officials, including lies from Russia. Ron Johnson wasted little time in declaring that Smirnov is “innocent until proven guilty,” and suggested that the Justice Department’s investigation might be “corrupt.